Apparatus for producing oil vapor



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A. T. PORTER APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING OIL VAPOR Filed Sept. 25, 1920 4 Sheets-Sheet a we Oct. 9, 1928. 1,687,226

A. T. PORTER APPARATUS FOR rnonucme OIL VAPOR Filed Sept. 23- 4 SheetsSheet 3 Oct. 9, 1928.

, A. T. PORTER APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING OIL VAPOR Filed Sept. 23. 1920 4 Sheets-She I Patented Oc L -9 1928.

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APPARATUS non rnonncmeon. vnron v heat or for any other purposes for which va-' porized oils can be used.

My apparatus is particularly adapted for vaporizing hydrocarbon oils of a density greater than that of gasolene and for carrying out the method disclosed in my copendingapplicationSerial No. 166,639, filed May 5, 1917, renewed October 7, 1919, and now Patent 1,411,182. By the use of my apparatus I am able to successfully .vaporizeoilsdfrom the lighter oils down to heavier fuel oils having a density as low as 16 degrees Baum,

I shall now describe the apparatus embodying my invention illustrated in thev accompanying drawings and shall thereafter point out my invention in claim.

Figure 1 isa side elevation of my appa-. ratu's.

Figure2 is a sectional view of my apparatus taken along the lines 2-2 of Figure 1.

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- the line 3-3 of Figure 2 of a portion of the apparatus, with parts broken away, showing "the orifices through which the atom zed oil is admitted, and the orifices through which the combustion air is admitted.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of a cylindrical baffle screen. I

Figure 5 is a perspective view of a cylindrical baflie screen adapted to surround the baffle screen shown in Figure 4'. I Figure 6 is a'vertical central sectional view l I of a modified form of my apparatus.

Figure 7 is a view of a section of theapparatus shown in Figure 6 along the line 7 7, showing the arrangement of atomizers and combustion air inlets.

In my apparatus the oil enters through the pipe 7, the valve 8, which is an ordinary needle valve, into the chamber 9, through the orifice 10, shown in Figure 2. The oil then-flows around the atomizing nozzlesll through the orifices 12 into the combustion chamber 13. The atomizing medium is admitted'through the pipe 14, the valve 15,

:Appli cation med September 23, 1920. Serial in. 412,301.

Figure 3 is an enlarged sectional view along fromthe' chamber 13, sothat'none of the atom- 1zed spray will accumulate in the tubular extension 18. The spark plug 19 is provided with a usual ignition system, not shown, toiao' ignite the atomized oil.

I In my apparatus illustrated I have shown three openings 12, Figure 3, for admitting atomized oil. Anyenumber may be used from one up, according to the capacity desired. In I my modification (Figure 6) I prefer to employ thlrty-six openings.-- The atomizing me- 'dium may be a1r, or-may be carbon dioxide from the exhaust of aninternal' combustion I engine, or it may be a non-combustible gas of any kind. The amount of air when air is used admitted through the atomizing orifices is not suflicient to support combustion. I there v fore provide a series of openings 20, arranged annularly near the interiorwalls of the cham- '75 I ber13. ,It is obvious that instead of. using a series of openings 20, I could provide two or more slots in the form of an are instead of the circular openings 20 as shownv in my drawings. These openings may be to the-80.. outside atmosphere and are for the purpose of introducin any combustion supporting medium, pre erably air. combustion supporting medium admitted through the orifices 20 is controlledby thesplit ring 21 which has a flange 22' adapted, when the ring is screwed upon the: threads shown, to more or lessrestrict, the passage of the air around the flanges 22 up through theorifices 20 Byadmitting thecombustion I supporting a r through a series of annular openings arranged circumferentially near the i inside wall of the chamber 13, I produce a stratified'condition of the atomized oil so that that portion nearest the walls of the chamber 13 contains a greater amount'o'f combustion supporting medium than that portion of the oil nearest the centerso that the flame will .be confined to'theoutermost portions of the. v

atomized oil nearest to the inside surfaceof 'thevaporizi'n chamber 13. The chamber 13 fis constructe of such a length, as to permit The amount. of

gines, and consequentlylhave shownameans from the vaporizing chamber 19.- While I for supplying an additional amountof air to have specified 'siX of these spark plugs in this be mixed with the oilvapo-r so as to make: a construction, the number may be varied. to I proper mixture for use in engines of this type. provide for simultaneously igniting the atom- 5. The cylinder 27 is provided with'a usual valve 'ized oil through the entire vaporizing ch'am- 28, held against its seat by the spring 29. her. The Combustion supporting medium is :Air isdrawn through the orifices 30 by the admitted through the'series of openingsl' suction of the engine, the manifold of which, arranged in two annular rings to admit the is shown at'31','with"suficient force to open combustion supporting air close to the walls v l" the valve 28 against the force of the spring of the vaporizing chamber and on either side v 291 The air passes around the cylindrical of the openings 45 through which the atombafie screen 25 past the openings 25 into the ized :fuel is admitted. The arrangement of pipe 26. In its passage it is mixed with the combustion supporting air inlets are such. vaporized fuel coming through the openings that only such portion of the atomized fuel 23 in the cylindrical hams plate 23. p, I have is-consumed as is sufiicient to vaporize the provided the usual butterfly valve 32 to conamount. of oil supplied through the nozzles trol the amount of vaporized fuel admitted 4:5, The vaporized fuel passes upthrough the to the engine. A mechanically operated vaporizing chamber e9 through'the opening plunger 33 is provided to increase the pressure 52 into the chamber 53. When used on inon the spring 29 to hold'the valve 28 more ternalcombustion engines a valve 54, held firmly seated when a richer mixture is deby a spring 55", will be opened bythe suction sired, shutting ofi the air, eitherv wholly or in of the engine, the manifold'of which is shown part,admittedthroughtheopening 30. Iha've at 56.? This willadmit the necessary air for .f 1 provided a disc 3d on the end of a threaded. producing a mixture suitablefor use in 'inrod 35' for the purpose of varying the length ternal combustion-engines. The action of the] of the combustion chamber 13, and also to Valve 54 is retarded by the'use of a dash pot limit the size of the openings 23 t rough the 57, supported on the spiders 58. I providecylindrical baflle screen 23. This n'ables'.me' abutterfiy valve '59 controlled in the usual v to control to a certain extent the distance the manner to regulate the amount of vaporized vaporized oil travels before the flame is eX- fuel admitted to the. engine. The butterfly" tinguished by its passing through the baflle valve may be operated in a similar manner to J screen23. The baifle screens 23 and 25 conthe-butterfly valve 32 shownin Figure 2. (The fine the vaporizingfiame, which is maintained control also" of the fuel andatomizing me- I Jay the spark plug"19 and supported by the dium through the valves43 and-46, may be 5 combustion supporting medium; admitted controlled similarly to the manner of the through the 'orifices 20, to the chamber 13. valves"8jand, '15 shown in Figure 1. 1 pro- 1 The needle valve'8. controlling the admis vide ascraper 60 attached to a" rod 61 to the.

j si'onqf the liquid: fuel, and the needle valve end of which is a wing nut 62. This scraper 5 Q g controlling the admission of the atomizing is adapted to pass around the annular opening 1 40 "medium, are controlled by the'levers 36and '52 to removeany carbon whichfmightfbe de- '37respectively which may .be secured directly posited in this opening. This scraper is in' to the lever 38 or attached by means of links the form of a. blade and-very thin and occuif desired. The butterfly valve 32 is also conpies only a s'mallportion of the opening 52- trolled by means of the lever 39 whichma'y 5 Iwill'now give a very brief description of et also be attached to the lever 38' so-that,; ifv theoperation of my apparatus. 'lll) desired, the supply offuel admittdto the The liquid fuel is admitted under pressure- @engine may be controlled by one levee; It is through the pipe 7 needle valve 8 into the obvious that each lever maybe independently chamber ,9, through the opening 10, where operated if preferred. The plunger 33 is it isatomized by the stream of atomizing me- 50 controlled bya crank 4-,O,operated-by a push dium,-: also under pressure, flowing through I lever 41. The valve 28 is retarded'more, or thepipe '14 intov thevalv'e 15 throughthe r C less inits operation by means of a-dash pot 42. opening 16, chamber 17 through; the atomiz-- w Referring to the modification shown m Fig{ ing nozzles 11. The fuel in atomized condiure GIthe-oil is admitted through'thje pipel43 tion passes through the openings 12 into the 65 into the annular chamber 44' where it-is disvaporizing chamber 13. The pressureused tributed to the openings 45, preferably thirty- 'in'both instances will vary according to the six of which are used.. Theatomizingmedium viscosity of the fuel used. The amount of k is admitted to the pipe46 and flows through pressure necessary may be easily determined the annular chamber 47 through the air noz -by'a' test.

60 zles 418,- preferably thirty-six of which are The atomizedfuel passing through the used in this-construction. The atomized oil "pgrizin'gchamber 13 receives an 4 additional ,l

asses into an annular vaporizing chamber 49. supply of combustion supporting airthrough he vaporizing chamber in this construction the openings'20, which air has been admitted 5 has been provided preferably with six spark fto the openings 20 through the space fiorded 2" Q plugs 50, fitted into tubular pro]ections 51 between the complementary halves or ections g of the split ring 21. The admission of combustion-supporting air near the insidewall of the chamber 13 forms a strata of atomized fuel of different degrees of combustibility.

The atomized oil is ignited by means ofthe spark plug 19. As the atomized oil passes through the chamber 13, that portion of the atomized oil which has been ignited by the spark plug 19 causes the remainder of the atomized oil to become'vaporized, in which condition it passes through the openings in the battle screens 23 and 25 into the discharge pipe 26. i 1

By my apparatus only a small portion of the atomized fuel is ignitedand is consumed in the process of vaporizing the atomized oil,

' The baflie screens 23 and 25 serve to confine the flame within the'vaporizing chamber 13. When the device is used for internal combustion engines additional air is drawn through the openings pastthe valve 28 around the screen 25 through the discharge passage 26 into the engine;

It is obvious that various modifications may be made Without departing from the named means to produce a tubular form flame adapted to transform the unignited portion of the atomized oil into vapor adapted to escape from said chamber through the exit opening thereof, means for controlling the supply of combustion supporting medium, means for extinguishing said vflame at the 7 exit opening of said chamber, means for supplying a combustion supporting medium to sa1d vapor after" the same has passed from sa1d chamber, means for regulating the supply of combustion supporting medium admitted to said vapor, the last-named means being .in the form of a valve having spring tension means coacting therewith for retarding the operation thereof, and also a dash pot adapted to cooperate with the valve for further retarding itsoperation. v

In testimony whereof, I have afiixed my signature to this specification.

ALEXANDER THOMAS PORTER. 

